Package bitcoin: Information

    Source package: bitcoin
    Version: 0.3.21-alt1
    Build time:  May 4, 2011, 04:44 PM
    Category: Networking/Other
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    License: MIT
    Summary: peer-to-peer network based anonymous digital currency
    Description: 
    Q. What is Bitcoin?
    A. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer currency. Peer-to-peer means that no
    central authority issues new money or tracks transactions. These tasks
    are managed collectively by the network.
    
    Q. How does Bitcoin work?
    A. Bitcoin utilises public-key cryptography. A coin contains the owner's
    public key. When a coin is transferred from user A to user B, A adds B's
    public key to the coin, and the coin is signed using A's private key. B
    now owns the coin and can transfer it further. A is prevented from
    transferring the already spent coin to other users because a public list
    of all previous transactions is collectively maintained by the network.
    Before each transaction the coin's validity will be checked.

    List of rpms provided by this srpm:
    bitcoin (x86_64, i586)
    bitcoin-debuginfo (x86_64, i586)

    Maintainer: Vladimir V Kamarzin

    List of contributors:
    Vladimir V Kamarzin

    ACL:
    Vladimir V Kamarzin
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      1. libssl-devel
      2. gcc-c++
      3. libdb4-devel
      4. libdb4_cxx-devel
      5. libgtk+2-devel
      6. boost-asio-devel
      7. boost-devel
      8. boost-filesystem-devel
      9. boost-interprocess-devel
      10. boost-program_options-devel
      11. zlib-devel
      12. libwxGTK2.9-devel

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    May 4, 2011 Vladimir V Kamarzin 0.3.21-alt1
    - Initial build for Sisyphus.